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Hi! I'm Rose - German Freigeist, food photographer, and pearl wine poet. Welcome to Süssholz! This is the place where I share with you my favorite plant-based foods, mixed drinks + feelings (got plenty of both) and my love for traveling, small spaces and medicinal herbs. Süssholz ("sweet wood") is the German word for licorice. Read More

As a self-imposed rule, I ignore Christmas until December is upon us. Except this year, I am going to embrace the early Christmas cheer because life is just too short and Christmas time is magical – and no way am I going to burn out before December 24! Ya know. There is always a…

Fall back home in Germany can be a gloomy affair. If you’re unlucky, you may not see any sunshine for weeks. Friends and family have been grumbling about cold and unfriendly weather this year (even during the summer) and I feel for them… except, I have the opposite problem: my days aren’t dreary enough!…

Some might say it’s a bit late in the season for ice cream, I say, there is no ice cream season! Ice cream is always a good idea. Truthfully, though, I am about three years late with this post. More on that later. This heavenly tasty Pistachio Ice Cream recipe also marks the first…

I had the best of intentions to keep blogging while being on a month long vaycay with my parents in Germany. I did! As so often, though, I lack in the execution department. Regrets, I have none. I rarely see my family and friends in Europe so it was time well spent and…

I just downgraded to a new phone. Yes, you heard me. I said downgraded. I had my eyes on a nice $20 flip phone dating back to the late 90s, I think, but two things got in the way: First of all, our network provider no longer supports 2G which said phone would…